THANK YOU to non-coffee-drinkers who have coffee making capacity at home, for guests. I am still traumatised by my friend's parents who felt that Folger's crystals were sufficient for this purpose.
So there is something I can do, besides scream like a woman?
Wesley ,'Chosen'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 7:26:24 am PST #4528 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2006 7:30:03 am PST #4529 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
When I moved to DC, the big ATM network was MOST. Which, I'm sure led to the following exchange in some places:
DC resident: Does this machine take MOST cards?
Local: No, just [local network].
Also, bow-TEEK, "fountain" (South Central WI), and "pop" turned to "Coke" (Southernism).
Strix - Mar 17, 2006 7:32:25 am PST #4530 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
BOO-tique.
Grew up with a percolator. Familiar sounds and smells of brewing at 5 am every morning.
Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern
AND MISSOURI IS CRAZZZY. WE ARE NOT KANSAS, goddammit.
I'm writing an angry letter this weekend. Possibly a letter to the editor of the Kansas City Star.
GRRRR. Logic, much?
JenP - Mar 17, 2006 7:33:11 am PST #4531 of 10001
There are MAC machines in Delaware, too, but I don't know what it stands for. I call them ATMs. I used to call them cash flow machines, because that's what our college campus one was called, and that's when I first started using them.
So, what region is it that calls all soda coke? I know I did that as a kid, and then later switched to soda, but we were in Germany then, and I think when you asked for a coke, you usually got an actual Coke because that's what was there at the time, so...
sarameg - Mar 17, 2006 7:33:56 am PST #4532 of 10001
I usually have a jar of instant in the freezer. For my dad, who actually drinks gallons and gallons of that stuff and likes instant. I need to go get another before he visits again. He polished it off in January.
Strix - Mar 17, 2006 7:34:08 am PST #4533 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Coke is a Southern thing. Every soda is a coke.
And I was a "pop" sayer till I went to college.
Dana - Mar 17, 2006 7:34:18 am PST #4534 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So, what region is it that calls all soda coke?
I think it's Deep South. That quiz didn't have an option for what I call soda, which is "soft drink". I also heard "cold drink" a lot in New Orleans.
Fred Pete - Mar 17, 2006 7:36:59 am PST #4535 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I picked up "Coke" in North Carolina. So it isn't confined entirely to the Deep, Deep South.
JenP - Mar 17, 2006 7:39:17 am PST #4536 of 10001
OK. My mother is from the South, so that's probably where we got it.
Jesse - Mar 17, 2006 7:39:21 am PST #4537 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My originally-from-Gulf-Coast-Texas grandmother always says "cold drink," but I always assumed it was because she's a teetotaller (how do you spell that, anyway), and doesn't want anyone to think she's offering a cocktail.